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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07/13/1942 Meeting ,~ ~-~~,:-=-'--:--~,:-~~--:~-~.-=---:::-----=----.... - --- ';~-_'~"""'~-_'"~'---=-'-'-.-..-_,:..r:'_~~~~__ ____________ _._ _ __~_._ - ~____v___~__~.___~__-_--.-:__.----------.......--.------_:__~.-- .__.____ __:;::_ _~_----.-_--: _ II ~ ! I! Council Chambers, Eugene, Oregon. , ij July 13, 1942 I i The minutes of the regular meeting held Monday evening, July 13, 1942 at ~ ~ 7:30 P.M. All councilmen present with the exception of Koppe and Stewart. il ;1 Dave Evans addressed the Council in regard to sick leaves for the City " employees. He said that at the meeting on June 22, 1942, he was speaking only :! for the Police Department, but that at this time he was representing the Police :1 Department, the Fire Department, and the Street Department, in fact, all the ;J City employees. He stated that petitions had been signed by substantial ~ businessmen of the City of Eugene and that these would be turned over to the :! Council. He requested that a committee be appointed by the Mayor, and that , the committee, in addition to the Council members should consist of' a rep- :i resentative from the City employees, and also one from the businessmen of the Ii City. He stated that they were asking for a fifteen-day sick leave allowance " for the City employees. He stated that it appeared to be the reason that the :, Council had discontinued the sick leave was on account of abuse of this privilege :1 and that he felt the abuse should be done away with by placing some regulations, ~I and that sick leave should be restored. At this time Councilman Koppe appeared. 'j Mr. Evans stated that the City had already lost some employees and on account of :j conditions would lose others, and that he thought the t something should be :, done favorable to the employees to encourage them to stay wi th the City. He :1 stated that the situation had been thoroughly explained to whoever the petitions i had been presented, and that they were familiar with what they were signing, ;i and that they were mostly the heads of businesses or professional men, and that II there were about 140 names on the nine different petitions, and that at this ! time he wished to present them to the Mayor with a request that the committee ~ be appointed for future consideration. Fattier Leipzig was present and addressed :1 the Council regarding this sick leave. He said he was interested in the state- :i ment that the matter had been fully explained to the parties who had signed :! the, petitions, as often times in 'Circulating petitions this was not done. He ) said he was deeply interested in the matter' and endorsed the idea that a 1 '1 committee should be appointed to further investigate the situation. He stated I :, that it was very necessary that the City have a full Fire and Police force, and '! that as they were rather underpaid he felt that this matter of sick leave should . :! be given serious consideration. R. A. :Mclnnis addressed the Council and stated / :\ that he was representing the Central Labor Council and the Building Trades ~ J Council and stated that he shared ,the views of the previous speakers and urged ;1 that the .committee be appointed to ma~e the investigation. George Hal ton also ;1 addressed the 'Council and stated that under the' present conditions the City l _employees did not have too much to look forward to, and that he felt that this :,i sick leave: should be restored to the City employees, and was heartily in favor il of appointing the committee to make the investigation. As there were no others, 'I who wished to address the Council on the subject, the Mayor stated that he would 1 like to hear from the Council as to what they wished to do in the:ma tter. , :i Councilman Brownson stated that he thought the matter should have had more con- :: sideration at the time the sick leave was done away with, and that he was heartily ," in f'avor of a committee being appointed. Mayor Large stated that he fel t that :! the Gommi ttee should be limited to Council members and that at the committee if meetings anyone could be heard that desired to represent the employees. Council- ',: man Farrington stated that he felt that a good deal of cinsideration had been ,; given this sub je ct previously. A motion was made by Brownson and seconded by :! Hawn that a committee of Council members be appointed by the Mayor. The motion :~ was carried. Mayor Large stated that he believed that this matter should be ; left in the hands of the Health Committee, and that he would appoint the Health ;: Committee, which consists of Brownson, Farrington, and Bond, to hold such hearings ~ regarding the subject as they see fit. , I~ :t . Mr. Ralph Kindler, representing the property owners in the McMillan Street I district asked that improvements be made to the streets in that locality. Mr. :; Barette. explained that on account of the late spring the City was behind in its 2 :: work, and that at this time it was necessary to complete repairs to the bridges " over the Mill Race and the Amazon slough, and that a little later the work in , this district would be taken care of. I i: Mr. F. G. Knox, secretary of. the Fair Grounds Association, asked what, had ~ been done regarding the refund for th~ Russell Brothers Circus license bf $100.00. I:! At this time the Mayor asked the Recorder to read the letter from the Russell I' Bros. Circus,' asking for a refund of the $100.00 license fee which had been paid. . The letter stated that the circus had been set up south of the Amazon slough !: in the Fair Grounds, and therefore was outside the City limits, and that they :: felt they were entitled to a refund of the $100.00 license fee that had been paid. : The letter stated that the circus had been set up south of the Amazon slough r: in the Fair Grounds, and therefore was outside the City limits, and Councilman i! Hawn stated that it appeared to be a case of the City and the County bidding ,: against each other for the fees, and that he did not like the attitude and was ;; not in favor of refunding the money. Councilman Farrington stated he would like ~, to know why Mr. Knox had explaiaed to the Circus people that if they would move 1:1 ,: , ~ 1:0 - -,- --- -- ---- ~--------.._---.... -- --~-~_. . ---......--._------------- -----~---_.- ---.-- -----,.- ---~-- -- - --- -_._-~--~- -~ -------.--..--- ....-.----- --- -........-..- --_._~_.. --- ~ -~--- ------ -- --.,... --- - -- ,--- -. - _ - __. - -- -- ~_.._p --- --'-- _ . ___.____ ~_ ~ _ "_" .-. _ _.___r~__. _ ___ ~_____ __ ;,;-__~... -... _ _. _____ _ _.~. _ _ .. _. ____ _ _ __~_~. ~_;.__~~____....,._~.___'a'_ -_"_ " - _ ~- . _.. __. _. - =---.~ - ~_.___ --~_*_~. ..p--~ - -- - .-" -- .---------...........--.- --~~- - -- -..-.-- - -- -----~--~~------ - - - - - - - - ~ --. ~-- .._- --_._._--~.------- ---~---- - - ----~- -----.- ~-~ ---- - -.. - . - - - . - - --.. - - . -~"- ~ ~~-r' - --------~ - --~~~ 1 ~I on the south side of the Amazon instead of showing inside the race track ring, that they would not have to pay the City license. Mr. Knox explained that he only QI explained to the circus men that they could show either place they desired, and I 1)0=....,,1' ;J *~"> : that the tract across the Amazon was outside the City limits. A motion was j made by Hawn and seconded by Koppe that the request from the circus for a refund .1 of the ~~100 license fee be denied. Councilman Bond felt that the City had been I robbed~ but inasmuch as the circus had been set up outside of the City limits, he I rather felt that the $100.00 license fee did not belong to the City. Councilman I Brownson stated he did not believe the $100.00 license fee really belonged to \ the City, and that the City would not want to keep something that did not belong I to it. Councilman Farrington stated that he would have to admit that we were I all more or less prejudiced against circuses, but that he doubted if it was the I 'I proper thing to keep the $100.00. Councilman Barette stated that he felt that r we were setting a bad precedent by refunding the money to the circus. Just I I previous to the time the Circus had shown at the Fair Grounds, the American I Legion had a carnival on the :F'air Grounds, inside the City limits, for a couple of days, and they had asked the Council to withhold the regular license fee, and r the Council had granted this request to the American Legion. At this time I Mr. Knox admitted that they had charged the American Legion $25.00 per day for [ the carnival consession. Councilman Pennington said he thought that this was a good time to have an understanding with the County regarding the fees for I circuses or carnivals, where they were set up just outside of the City boundary line. He said he felt that this matter of a refund should be held up at this' time till something could be worked out with the County. Councilman Hawn said that he would be will~ng to withdraw his motion for an arrangement of this kind, and Councilman Koppe said that he would consent to the withdrawl of the motion. A motion was made by Brownson and seconded by Bond and carried that the matter be referred to the Judiciary Committee to confer with the County to see what arrangements could be made regarding license fees in this kind of case. At this time Councilman Brownson was excused. Councilman Koppe reported for the Judiciary Committee regarding the W. W. McDonald, 2435 Birch Lane, claim for $202.75 which had been referred to The Judiciary Committee. He said that further investigation had been made and that the committee felt that they were under some obligation to Mr. McDonald, but it was hard to arrive to what extent the City was liable. Councilman Bond I said he would like an explanation of just how the damage had occurred. Council- I man Koppe explained that there was a low place in the pavement on the turn j above Mr. McDonald's house, and due to excessive rains the water was running over the top of the curb and down the hill, and that the engineer had a hole cut in the pavement to drain the water off. Councilman KOPie said that the committee had suggested to Mr. McDonald that he accept 100 but that he had stated that the least he would settle for was $175, and that it was the recommendation of the Judiciary Committee that Mr. McDonald be offered $150 in settlement of the claim. Mr. McDonald's claim was based on the following list: i Plants and labor by living room window-----$57.00 I Hathorne tree killed----------------------- 7.50 I I 6 Azaleas---------------------------------- 25.50 I 4 I 6 Rhodendrons------------------------------ 30.50 4 Hydrangias------------------------------- 3.25 , Seed and labor on lawn-----~--------------- 29.50 , , Misc. Labor @ .55 per hr.------------------ 49.50 $202.75 Councilman Hawn explained th;: t Mr. McDonald had. not said anything about a bad crack in the wall of his basement that had been caused by the excess water and ! mud, .and that Mr. McDonald's garage had been flooded with mud and it had been a bad" job to clean up, and that he felt that the City should make some kind of and offer to Mr. McDonald. Councilman Pennington said that he fel tll.that the price asked by Mr. McDonald was high. After some further discussion a motion < was made by Farrington and secon~ed by Bond'that an offer of $150.00 be made Mr. McDonald in settlement of his claim. The motion was carried, and the , Recorder was instructed to notify Mr. McDonald of the action of the Council. I : Councilman Farrington, reporting further for the Judiciary Committee, said' that a Mr. Joseph F. Schmitt had left a Buick 1927 sedan auto parkeu in the street at 10th Street between Charnelton and Lincoln, sometime in April, and that it had remained there until June 26 when the Police Department had received complaints about this car standing on the street, and that the Police Department of had had the car towed down to 1873 Franklin Blvd. for safe-keeping. Now Mr. Schmit has returned to Eugene and claims that the following items were missing or Broken: I 5 I one gas tank cover-one jack-one twenty two rifle-one , i hunting knife-glass on front door broken-tool box lock broken-bumper broken. I Councilman Farrington stated that in view of the fact that the car had been left standing on the street so long that he would make a motion that the request of Mr. Schmitt be placed on file. The motion was seconded and carried. i Attorney Calkins stated that Ray Hicks, driver of the fire truck, had , I received a letter from Attorney Bayly regarding the accident of the fire truck 6 with the Guy Stichell car, and that l,,~r. Bayly was aSking tha t Mr. Hicks pay the ~~ I 11~ -----.------------- -. - - -. - - - ~ ~ - - - -. - - - -- . - ~ - - - ~ - -. - - -- .- - - . ~ --- ~ -"......~._- --. -. -~~-- - - ---," ..-, -.' ~- . - ~ - __..~ - __ ...,0_............ ~_ ~__~_ .- ~~--~.- ..-- .~-_..~- -.. _-'.._.._ _.__._~ ~"'_-"...__.__~ -~_~.___.__........_~_c__.....__._._..._._._~_. +__ ~ __H.' ___ ___ _ ____ U __ , ~_. "'--'-.--.-T---.-- --,-- ----,.- C ~ ._--..,..-~------ -.----.------ - - - - . - - - 'I sum of $295.00 for damages. ~l Mr. Calkins stated further that it was the opinion , of the City Attorney's office, that the claim should be disallowed. A motion was I i' made by Koppe and seconded by Farrington and carried that this claim be denied. ~ I ,I --- 1,1 At this time property offers were considered. An offer from Earl C. Hefner, ,I "I $30 cash, for the East 25 feet of the North 110 feet of Lot 13, Block 11, DrivertoD ' ,~ " Addition had ,been received. The Finance Committee recommended that this offer " " ;1 be rejected. The Finance committee recommended that an' offer of Roy V. Baldwin, :1 for client, $350, $70 cash and the balance at $10 or more per month plus interest at 6% for Lot 6, Block 2, Gilmore Addition be accepted. An offer had been received 7 ~'~ from Hubert F. Hokamp, $67.50 cash, for the South 7 feet of the North 50 feet of : ~ " nbts 8 and 9, Block 4, Driverton Addition. It was the recommendation of the Finance II Committee that a counter offer of $75 be made Mr. HOkamp. On motion made, seconded, , I and carried, the recommendations of the Finance Committee,were accepted. I, !i " Councilman Farrington reported that the bills for the month of ~une had been :1 , audited by the Finance Committee, and the committee was recommending that warrants ., 8 ;! be drawn for these bills. On roll call all Councilmen present voting aye; absent, ~ 1 Stewart and Brownson. : " General Fund 'i Ii Eugene Public Library 1,041.70' Dr. "E. D. Furrer 90.00 :! John Fields, Recorder Pro Tem 102.94 'J. K. Gill Company .90 :; Aetna Life Insurance Co. 153.11 Gilmore Oil Company 34.19 '! Aetna Life Insurance Co. 64.95 Gilmore Oil Company 246,27 d Pacific Hospital Assn. 91.00 Marsh H. Goodwin 138.88 ! il Eugene Hospital and Clinic 24.50 Geo. A. Halton Co. 15.01 :1 Allenbaugh Printing Co. 15.15 Hawkinson Tire Tread Service 16.00 'I 'I Don Alcorn 18.75 Hendershott's Gun store 6.25 'I i! Auto Body & Fender Co. 63,00 C, A. Horton 120.00 , I Babbs Hardware 117.58 Hovey Insurance Co. 13.50 I :1 Baker Pharmacy 19.88 A. E. Hulegaard-Treasurer 598.58 ! i Beeson-Hall, Inc. 385.63 Jack Junne 1.00 il Bd:ill~is,~GaI:b~ge Service 6.75 Koke-Chapman Company 68.80 'I S. M. Calkins 1~76 Lane County Abstract Co. 50.00 I ;1 s. M. Calkins 126.00 Mayor Elisha Large 50.00 :i Carlson, Hatton, and Hay 60.40 Fred Lengacher Mill 8.00 Carlson, Hatton, and Hay 10.19 Lightnings 7,00 I Carsons' Saw Works 2.25 Longts Market 2.55 1'1 Central Heating Company 11.16 Dr. Glenn S. Morgan 5.00 ,! Chase Gardens ~75 Midgley Planing Mill 36.35 " Mrs. May B. Cherry 31.50 ,Stanley A, Miller 15.00 .:: " Vernon Cook 27.00 Neep Equipment Co. 36.00 ,I :1 Howard Cooper Corp. 80.50 Nordling Parts Company 11.72 ! I Costello & Stocker 37.50 Office Machinery & Supply Co. 1.00 I" Cresseys' 10.60 Oregon Supply Company 13.77 , " O. E. Crowe, Sheriff 1.00 Pacific Manifolding Book Co. 67.40 i.r " n W. S. Darley & Company 7.10 Pacific Telephone Co. 42.15 " ;I Day & Night Garage 1.55 Packer Scott Company 21.89 : ~ Bryant G. DeBar 13.50 SparkyPs Garbage 1.20 Bryant G. DeBar 67.45 Walker Range 2.75 Lloyd Denslow--Treasurer 125~00 McLean Sanders 31.50 ':1 Elliott Implement & Seed Store 1.05 Scobert Bldg. Material Co. 194.90 ! , " Eugene Hardware Company 49.41 Dr. H. E. Scoles 3.50 '\' .:;.r ! Eugene Insurance Agency 22.50 Shelton-Turnbull-Fuller 41.15 " ,I Eugene Laundry 34.87 Simmons Kendall Col 9.02 ,I iI Eugene Lumber Company 147.00 State Industrial Accdent Co. 210.93 i' Eugene Machinery Co. 12.75 Stevens Typewriter Co, 7.50 " Eugene Mill & Elevator 40.50 C. P. Tillman .59 I, Eugene Printing Company 28.70 Twin O?ks Lumber Co. 17.40 >;1 , Eugene Register Guard 9.86 C. M. Urey Company. 8.05 I H Eugene Sand & Gravel 196.89 Valley Printing Co. 1.25 i:1 , 1 Eugene Water Board 90.96 Williams Bakery 2.90 " :1 Eugene WaterrBoard 57.47 A. L. Williamson 4.00 :~ Eugene Water Board 1,787.00 Zellerbach Paper Co. 4.70 " S. B. Finegan 10.50 Ed Walder 249.60 Eureka Fire Hose 95.00 JI n Municipalli Play Ground Fund " I ,I , " Pacific Telephone Co. 6.50 Kay Fossum 56.00 ;1 :i Everett Daugherty 56.00 Howard Akers 56.00 I! Dorotha Moore 56.00 Edith Onthank 56.00 ,I :i Winfield Atkinson 56.00 State Ind. Ace. Comm. 11.15 .'; ::1 l:~ General Bond Interest Fund ,II I A. E. Hulegaard-Treasurer 2,387.50 ii 1.1 1..1 Improvement Bond Interest Fund i:i 'i A. E.Humegaard-Treasurer 1,790.63 A. E. Hulegaard-Treasurer 5.20 , " ,I " I I ~ ~12' ---:--~- - ~ :-:-- -_- ~~~:_----=----,--<--__:::--;:_-. , --_-_--:--. c-~-;-- ~-"":,~_::_~:..--""___=;':::-_---_::_~_ ~~~" __~_-~._: 7 -~~:_:_-= -::".C -_~--_-_--:-::-:- '" --_~_ :=-~.~~ -.-_-;---=-_":'-=----:-::.::_=-:--_C-==-==-~~__==~-~,-_-_=_ -~~ _-___~---:_ _~~~:-:--__:-_ .-:~-~ _ _-=-=-~~_.:_:-:"=_'- -_--:;---=-_ -=.-_- -- --- ----. . . ----------- -_._-----------~- ~---.!ir~-- ,-~~ ,.~.~_"'~7--.~~~-.-~..-~-~~..~~~---., -.:':::"'==='--'- ----o-~-' 'C-'C" .,-~--:------~~~~~,~-"-- ~~'~'=.--::~=---=-- '.1' Parking Meter Fund. : Dual Meter Corp. 21.54 A. E. Hulegaard-Treasurer 18.00 ',I' Duncan Parking Meter Corp. 41.81 Midgley Planing Mill 10.70 I' "'~i Gilmore Oil Company .69 Oregon State Highway Corom, 35.37 ,...~I ". j Improvemen t Bond Sinking Fund i Attorney's Office 3.60 A. E. Hulegaard-Treasurer 46.00 , S. M. Calkins 10.00 Lane County Abstract Co. 90.00 I Dog License Fund Lane County 219.05 Lane County Humane Society 6.80 Sidewalk Revolving Fund Eugene Concrete Pipe Co. 118.60 Eugene Sand & Gravel Co. 13.13 Special Park Fund A. E. Hulegaard-Treasurer 91.25 Engineer Revolving Eugene Water Board 1.57 Eng. & Bldg. Insp. Revolving Fund Cresseys' 7.40 Bicvcle Fund Shelton-Turnbull-Fuller 17.80 Councilman Barette, reporting for the Street Committee, said that just at this 9 time the department was busy with the repairing of the bridges over the Mill Race. The Fire and Water Committee, Health Committee, Sewer Committee, Police Committee, and the Parks Committee had no report. The monthly reports of the Milk Inspector, Electrical Inspector, Police Matron, Engineer, Police, and ]'ire Departments were read and ordered placed on file. The Sewage Disposal report from the Eugene Water Board was also read and, 1 ordered palced on file. City Engineer Clubb reported regarding the request of C. M. Coffee for a- reassessment of paving to his property at the corner of Monroe and 6th Street. 10 This report was referred to the Judiciary Committee and the City Attorney to report back at the next Council meeting. A letter from the Board of Appeals was read. ,"The Board of Appeals has received a request from J. F. Cramer, Superintendent of Schools, asking for a permit to erect an add- ,ition to the Manual Training building at the High School for an 11 Agricultural building with, only a set-back of four' feet on both Lincoln and Eighteenth Streets. The Board recommends that the re- quest be denied." A motion was made, seconded, and carried that the report of the Board of Appeals ! be adopted. I : A request for transfer of a beer license for the Snappy Service Sandwich : Shop at 860 Olive Street was received. The request was that the license be I transferred from William Russell Prarie to Harry Melvin Leaton.. Councilman 121 Bond stated that he had investigated this and was recommending that the transfer I be made. On motion made, seconded and carried, this transfer ,was allowed. I A letter from Don E. Meldrum, Divisional Real Estate Director of the War I Department, was read. The letter stated that there were four numbers of a proposee I lease with the City of Eugene for the entire National Guard Armory and also four , numbers of a release of the present lease of the Armory. Mayor Large ex~lained that the Army now has a lease on only a portion of the Armory building ($100 per month) and that that lease ran till the 21st of August, 1942, and that they were 13i requesting that this lease be cancelled and tr~t the Army be allowed to rent the entire Armory building at a rental of $350 per month. A motion was made by Bond and seconded by Pennington that the Mayor and Recorder be authorized to sign the necessary papers for the cancellation of the present lease" and that the Mayor ..be authorized to sign a new lease for the entire Armory building. 1 A letter from the Southe.rn Pacific Company signed by Mr. M. L. Jennings 14 acknowledging receipt of our letter of June 24, 1942, regarding the transportation of iogs, poles, and piling was read and ordered placed on file. A letter from Ormond ,R. Bean, Commissioner of Public Utilities, regarding the tra~sportation of logs, poles, or piling ove~ Eugene streets was read. Mr. Bean explained that the Commission now had a request from Earl Ramsey to transport logs over certain~treets in Eugene, also a similar request from the Monroe Lumber Company. Mr. Sean inquired in this letter if it was the desire of the Council that the Commis:s;ion refer each request to the Council before granting t ~fl ,8 S E= 1)(.; :r: It. j~ ~ 13~ ------------.---- -_._._~------~ ----- -- ----------~------~~~---~-----------,--------::-------:--~-:--_--:-:-~---;-----:------- -::-~-:- ~~-------~~ - - -- - -' - - - - - . - . - - ....- ,.. - -- -- . - . -- -- -,---- -- - --- ------ --- -~~----_. ---------------- ..~-------------- ~_._---- ------------ --------- --.-------- ----- - - - ll--;~ese_;ermits, or- W~Uld the Co~ncil be agreeable to allow the Commission to grant : permits without first referring them to the City Council. It was the opinion ~ ~ of the Council that each individual request of this kind should be referred to the I :1 Council by the Utili ties Commission before permit was granted. A motion was made, ;; seconded, and carried that the Commission refer each individual request to the ~ i 15 ii Council and that the Recorder be instructed to ask the Commission to furnish more '-*~ i detailed report regarding the request of Earl Ramsey and the Monroe Lumber Company as ~; to just what streets tlley wished to use and that requests for this type of hauling i! should state at what point they wished to enter the city' and jast what streets they J wished to travel over. d .;1 lj The requests for these permits brought protest from different members of the ;: Council regarding the speed a t which logging trucks were travelling over the StreetSj H of the City of Eugene, and the bad condition of mufflers on logging trucks and othe~ ;! hauling trucks wi thin the City, and also the excessive and unB.ecessary use of II musical horns and other horns. Councilman Hawn stated that he could see no excuse 16 ~ for the excessive 'speed allowed the trucks on the City streets and that he did not ii like it at all. Councilman Koppe said there had been an accident by' one of the trucks :1 on 6th Street recently. A motion was made by Bond and second ed by Farrington tha t :i the speed of trucks should be enforced to the letter of the law and also tha t the il use of defective mufflers and loud horns should be curtailed. The motion was carrieki. iJ " A letter from the Standard Oil Company regarding installation of gasoline ;; facilities at the new airport was read. This letter explained that owing to the l71! present conditions caused by the war that the installations at the airport promised ;1 by the Standard Oil Company would no t be made at this time. ~ A petition signed by ei~ht citizens, requesting that a certain part of 18 ~i Riverwood Addition now lying outside of the City limits be annexed to the City :1 was read. No action was taken by the Council a t this time. 'I Ii A letter of resignation from Claude R. Bradway, employee of the Fire 19 Ii Department, was read, Mr. Bradway requested that this resignation take effect as ~ of July 15, 1942. The resignation was accepted. ': 'I II A letter from D. W. Carley, Police Pa trolman" requesting a leave of absence, 'I Ii stating that he is enlisting in the United States' Navy, and asking that the 20 :! , :: leave of absence be effective as of August 1, 1942 was read. A motion was made , :; by Bond and seconded by Farrington, and carried, that this leave of absence be ;1 granted Mr. Carley. :J I' Mayor Large at this time explained that it seemed to be necessary to make '! some relaxation of rules regarding applications for positions in the Police and ~ Fire Departments. He stated that it would probably be necessary to raise the age :1 limits and that the present requirement regarding a year's residence inside the ;; City before appointment should be waved for the duration of the war. Councilman !; Hawn exolained that he was not a menber of either the Police or Fire Committee 21;; but that the matter had been called to his attention and that he thought some such ': arrangement should be made. After some discussion on this subject, a motion was :imade by Hawn and seconded by Farrington that the requirement of a year's residence i' in the City prior to appointment be wavee for the duration of the war on the condi- J tion that the applicant should establish his residence inside the City limits, and I: that such appointments would be only for the duration of the war. The motion was Ii: carried. 1:, ;! At this time Mayor Large stated there was a vacancy on the Police force and 22'1 tha t he wished to appoint Ervin C. Joll for this position, to commence work on :'i July 15, 1942. On motion made, seconded, and carried,' the appointment was confirmed. " I, i, Mayor Large also stated that there had been applications received from ;; brothers to serve on the Fire Department and asked if the Council thought there was 231 any objection to appoihting one or more brothers to work in different departments. i; It was the census of the Council that there was no reason why this should not be done. " I . !; The Recorder explained that in the six months budget for 1942 in the ~treet dDepartment the sum of $1000.00 hf;d been set up as repairs for bridges over hhe ::Mill Race and the Amazon, that at the end of June, 1942, this work of repairing 24': the bridges had not been completed and there was a balance of $140.07 left in this ;: fund, that the Street Department was asking bhat this balance be carrie~ over I ::as a special fund to com:plete the job. A motion was made by Bond and seconded ::, by Farrington that this $140.07 be carried over as a special fund to help complete . ~the work on the bridge repairs. The motion was carried. :: A letter from Henry A. Tromp, requesting cancellation of the twenty-five cent 1i sewer charge on a bill for the '11. o. Russell property at 1163 Oak Street was read. 25:: Mr. Tromp explained that he had charge of this property while Mr. Russell w8;s out ;[of town and he felt that this twenty-five cent sewer charge should not be placed :~on this bill. On motion made, seconded and carried, the letter was ordered tabled. ,i " i.i .ill r-14 --- ~__~____ .__~_____ ___ -0 n_ ~__ _ __ ____.__---...._____~.___.____.___.___._~_._~_.________ _____._______~_________.~____~~______________~---~ __ _-.,..._______:-_ ;.. ~- -.' ~ ~ ~_.~ -~- .-- ~--....:--~~~-..::.;.---=------~----"-.:.~~:.~--..:.-~-~--..::.;- . "~'- --=-~-~ :::...---.:....:..=...-~ ~-__:...:..:.'__=____..:;,...::...:.......~~~_~_~~~_ ...;~=_=_=__~~;~-:...~::._...;;._.7~....___~~- __':".-. ~:;.;..-_~~-::.-_~__ ---_. --.--------- - ----- - - ------ .-- ----~-- -.--- _._._~ -~--------- ------ -- -- ------- --- -------~---------------...--------_.._----~ ~- ---_.- -----~-- -- -----...---. - . - --. - - . -- - . -. - - - - .. . . . - - . -. - --- -- --1.--------- --- -- ----- --~--- -..--------.----------_._____ --________ -___.--_~~__ _____ _._ ___~__ _.~_______~___~___________ __.________ I An Ordinance authorizing the Mayor and the Recorder to enter into a contract ; with R. R. ,Hughes, caretaker of the Dump Grounds was read the first time and I k.rn"-lj passed to its second and third readings by unanimous consent of the Council by ~ " title under suspension of the rules and was placed for final passage. On roll - I I call all councilmen present voting aye; absent, Stewart and Brownson. The Ordinance was declared passed and numbered 8750 . I I , ! The Recorder was asked if the iarbage haulers were complying with the City 'j reguaation regarding the quarterly'50.00 fee for retention of hog food. The , Recorder reported that two of the garbage haulers had paid their license, but , that Bray Bros, had not as yet paid their license or the $50.00 fee for the I '27 garbage. On motion by Bond and seconded by Farrington, a motion was made that the Recorder be instructed to write a letter to Bray Bros. stating tha t the quarterly license fees were past due and should be paid at once. The motion was carried. I On motion made, seconded, and carried, the Mayor and Recorder were instructed , I 28 to sign a contract with the Eugene Rural Fire District No.1, effective for the year beginning July 1, 1942, and ending June 30, 1943. At this time Councilman Farrington stated that he hoped he might get some cooperation from the reporter present. He said that in the park back of the Butte a golden eagle was kept in a cage and that he did not think this was right. 29 : He said it seemed to him that this eagle should be loosed so that he could be I flying high in the air,. and that.. he did not believe that he would ever become I domesticated, and that he vi<i>uld.,like to see him turned loose. Councilman Barette I stated that it was his understanding this eagle had been picked up with a I . broken wing and that it would not be able to fly, but that he would make further , investigation. Councilman Hawn suggested that it might be advisable to pass an ordinance 30 i providing a 10% penalty for licenses and fees not paid promptly at the due date. , I There was some discussion regarding the matter but no action was taken. I On motion the meeting adjurned. ~ , I I Ig~(;CO~.U~Jh]-t Ph(O Ik:~1 I ! " ! ! . , , ! , , i I , 1 I I , , l